John W. Thompson Quotes
Right now we have a closure rate between discovery and exploitation of four to six months. We need to be more in the realm of seven to 10 days. That is an enormous challenge.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
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Good comedy is ageless.
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The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms of regional domination. It means a lot to them. They are all in here.
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Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl could never enter the competition.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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Apartheid is inherently a practice of violence.
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If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that - they are all under a similar kind of design umbrella.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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I always watch superhero movies, and I like the action and the fighting and all the different kinds of powers.
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.
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My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'
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A lot of our fiscal deficit went to fund consumption and really did not get used to build investment and infrastructure. The trouble is, you can get a spurt in GDP growth, which may not be sustainable. I would much rather build the gradient of a long-term marathon.
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The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.
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The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them.
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I just would like to be challenged. I want to push myself to the limit, and constantly challenge myself and grow as an artist. That's where I want to go. Explore different things, different characters, in film, and just everything!
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That was my challenge as a composer. Like with anything, to keep yourself interested in doing what you do, you set yourself challenges. So I said, Okay, I'll try to write a hundred tunes in a year.
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I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
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Right now we have a closure rate between discovery and exploitation of four to six months. We need to be more in the realm of seven to 10 days. That is an enormous challenge.
